I have been a subscriber to Valley Micropress which has been lovingly edited by Tony Chad, poet, songwriter and musician, since its inception with its first issue covering November and December 1997.

I couldn't tell you how long William S. Rea has been a subscriber and contributor, but he has also been a stalwart for many years. I always read William's poems in the Valley Micropress because they tend to be lyrical and, sometimes, deceptively simple while packing a hefty imagistic punch. The fact that he also hails from Christchurch doesn't influence my decision at all, but, like all Christchurch poets, he has a few "earthquake poems" under his belt.

In a recent issue of Valley Micropress, William published the poem featured above. I thought it was a little gem and I loved it and I asked him if I could feature it on the Tuesday Poem website.

William was very modest when I asked him for a short bio to accompany this post so I'll leave you to read his bio in William's own words:

"About my writing, well, what can I say? I
have been trying for rather more years than I care to remember.
Mostly, I write for my own interest and enjoyment, but, occasionally, I get
something I think is worth sending out to the rest of the world. Mostly editors
disagree with me on that point. I've had more success with poetry than any
other form of writing, having reached my first 100 poems published around the
middle of last year. I have a particular interest in narrative poetry, poems
which tell a story and sometimes run to thousands of verses, but so far none of
those have ever passed an editor's watchful gaze and made it beyond a very tiny
circle of readers."

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